Hi I've just discovered a likely link to Reading. My gr-gr-grandmother Emily Lucy ROSE appears to have been born in Bicester in 1874, daughter of Joseph ROSE and Ellen TIMMS. According to the 1891 and 1901 censuses Joseph was born in Reading c. 1850 (though the 1871 shows his birthplace as 'Alindon' - which I assume to be Abingdon), however I can find no suitable birth record for him in the FreeBMD. Joseph appears to have been a peddler/hawker in his early years before moving to Bristol c1880 and becoming a 'Cutlery Grinder & Hardware Dealer'. Do any of these details ring any bells? Mike